A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in Every Nation; Particularly the British and Irish; from the Earliest Accounts of Time to the Present Period ...W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... laft embaffy his colleagues were the lord of Brederode firft ambaffador , and Heemfvliet as third ; they were to treat about the marriage of prince Wil- liam , fon to the prince of Orange . He was alfo ambaffador Du Maurier ...
... laft embaffy his colleagues were the lord of Brederode firft ambaffador , and Heemfvliet as third ; they were to treat about the marriage of prince Wil- liam , fon to the prince of Orange . He was alfo ambaffador Du Maurier ...
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... laft place he took the degree of D. D. Thence he went to Holland , and afterwards to Berlin at the defire of count d'Efpenfe ; where he was made minifter of the French church , lately established by the elector of Brandenbourg . He ...
... laft place he took the degree of D. D. Thence he went to Holland , and afterwards to Berlin at the defire of count d'Efpenfe ; where he was made minifter of the French church , lately established by the elector of Brandenbourg . He ...
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... laft lines in the king's own hand , and the reft in the fecretary's . " Good Dr. Abbot , " I cannot abftain to give you my " judgment on the proceedings in the " convocation , as you will call it ; and " both as rex in folio , and unus ...
... laft lines in the king's own hand , and the reft in the fecretary's . " Good Dr. Abbot , " I cannot abftain to give you my " judgment on the proceedings in the " convocation , as you will call it ; and " both as rex in folio , and unus ...
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... laft illness he was fent for , and attended with Federa , vol . great conftancy , till his majefty expired on the 27th of March , XVII . p . 1625. He performed the ceremony of the coronation of king 337 . Charles I. though very infirm ...
... laft illness he was fent for , and attended with Federa , vol . great conftancy , till his majefty expired on the 27th of March , XVII . p . 1625. He performed the ceremony of the coronation of king 337 . Charles I. though very infirm ...
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... laft out of humour , and began to hate him . fchool foon ran into parties ; the fenior pupils , out of envy to Abelard , joined with their mafter : which only heightened the prefumption of our young philofopher , who now began to think ...
... laft out of humour , and began to hate him . fchool foon ran into parties ; the fenior pupils , out of envy to Abelard , joined with their mafter : which only heightened the prefumption of our young philofopher , who now began to think ...
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